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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Research Associate

 

Education

​2016 - PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge

2011 - MSci in Natural Sciences, Chemistry, UNiversity of Cambridge

2010 - Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Research Interests

Development and application of fundamental biophysical theories to data analysis in a biologically relevant context, Protein Aggregation, Biophysical Chemistry, High Throughput Screening

 

Selected Publications

 

Publications

Inhibiting disulphide bonding in truncated tau297-391 results in enhanced self-assembly of tau into seed-competent assemblies
SS Oakley, KE Marshall, G Meisl, A Copsey, MB Maina, R Milton, T Vorley, JMD Storey, CR Harrington, C Wischik, W-F Xue, LC Serpell
(2025)
Transforming an ATP-dependent enzyme into a dissipative, self-assembling system.
Y Li, J Zhu, Z Zhang, J Wei, F Wang, G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, EH Egelman, FA Tezcan
– Nature Chemical Biology
(2025)
1
Tau accumulation patterns in PSP constrain mechanisms and quantify cell-to-cell and cell-autonomous aggregation rates
S-H Huang, A Quaegebeur, T Pansuwan, T Rittman, R Wang, TPJ Knowles, J Rowe, D Klenerman, G Meisl
(2024)
Global kinetic model of lipid-induced α-synuclein aggregation and its inhibition by small molecules
A Stevenson, R Staats, A Dear, D Voderholzer, G Meisl, R Guido, C Galvagnion, A Buell, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, TCT Michaels
(2024)
Serine phosphorylation mimics of Aβ form distinct, non-cross-seeding fibril morphs.
K Sanagavarapu, G Meisl, V Lattanzi, K Bernfur, B Frohm, U Olsson, TPJ Knowles, A Malmendal, S Linse
– Chemical Science
(2024)
15,
19142
Surface effects on functional amyloid formation
AJ Dear, G Meisl, CG Taylor, UC Palmiero, SN Stubbe, Q Liu, P Arosio, S Linse, TPJ Knowles, M Andreasen
– Nanoscale
(2024)
16,
16172
α-Synuclein oligomers form by secondary nucleation.
CK Xu, G Meisl, EA Andrzejewska, G Krainer, AJ Dear, M Castellana-Cruz, S Turi, IA Edu, G Vivacqua, RPB Jacquat, WE Arter, MG Spillantini, M Vendruscolo, S Linse, TPJ Knowles
– Nat Commun
(2024)
15,
7083
The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Controls Tolerogenic Responses to Food Allergens in Mice and Humans
M Emmenegger, C Zografou, Y Dai, L Hoyt, R Gudneppanavar, A Chincisan, H Rehrauer, F Noé, N Zajac, G Meisl, M Schneider, H Nguyen, K Höpker, T Knowles, M Sospedra, R Martin, A Ring, S Leeds, S Eisenbarth, M Egan, E Bruscia, A Aguzzi
(2024)
Aβ Oligomer Dissociation Is Catalyzed by Fibril Surfaces
A Dear, D Thacker, S Wennmalm, L Ortigosa-Pascual, EA Andrzejewska, G Meisl, S Linse, T Knowles
– ACS chemical neuroscience
(2024)
15,
2296
Kinetic models reveal the interplay of protein production and aggregation
J Wei, G Meisl, A Dear, M Oosterhuis, R Melki, C Emanuelsson, S Linse, TPJ Knowles
– Chemical science
(2024)
15,
8430
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Research Group

Telephone number

01223 763842
01223 763845 (shared)

Email address

gm373@cam.ac.uk